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Recliners Score Big With Super Bowl Watchers
Sales of reclining chairs and sofas are as hot as New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz's touchdown dance. Or, for you New England Patriots fans, as popular as star tight end Rob Gronkowski's sprained ankle.
When Will We Get To Know The 'Real' Mitt Romney?
Despite Mitt Romney's time as governor, his previous presidential run and quite a few years in the spotlight, many people still feel they don't know much about him. The clean-cut, buttoned-up candidate is notoriously quiet about his private life, and his former colleagues and friends haven't revealed much, either.
Occupy D.C. Camp Dismantled Quietly By Park Police
Since the early a.m., U.S. Park Police have been moving into a park near the White House where the Occupy D.C. movement has been encamped for months. Some officers are on horseback and dressed in riot gear, but there haven't been any major clashes so far.
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Actor Gary Oldman Plays Not My Job
Gary Oldman, who just got his first Academy Award nomination for his performance in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, answers three questions about Up with People — a horde of wholesome, smiley young people who performed four Super Bowl halftime shows back in the day.
Producers Pitch Dream Reality Shows
Two thousand people who make reality television gathered this week for a convention in Washington, D.C. No appearances from Snooki or Padma, but there were representatives from Celebrity Wife Swap, Deadliest Catch and Rocket City Rednecks. Hundreds of producers vied for the chance to pitch network executives their ideas for new shows.
Why Would Lady Gaga Hang Around Lancaster, Pa.?
Pop star Lady Gaga has recently been spotted in Lancaster County, Pa. Guest host David Greene looks into the rumors of what she's up to.
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Wash. Lawmaker Pushes 'Evidence-Based' Treatments For Mentally Ill Youth
"Talk therapy" may work in some cases. But a Washington state lawmaker says it's time to invest in evidence-based programs to treat mentally ill youth. This past fall we brought you a series of stories on failures in how the Northwest treats young people with serious mental health issues.
Former Business Associates Allege Oregon State Senator Of Shady Dealings
Business partners suing Oregon state Senator Brian Boquist asked a judge Friday to dismiss their own lawsuit. They originally accused the Republican lawmaker of fraud.
Bipartisan Duo Hopes To Spark Conversation About Tax Breaks
A bipartisan duo of Washington lawmakers wants to end most tax breaks for businesses, nonprofits, farms and others. The two representatives held a press conference Friday in Olympia asking their colleagues to rethink these tax exemptions.
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Jefferson Monthly
One Year Later
Crescent City Harbor
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Tohoku, Japan, 5,500 miles from our listening area—though the quake was so intense that it moved Japan 8 feet closer to North America. The earthquake was the fifth-strongest ever measured, anywhere in the world. The Earth’s weight was redistributed, throwing the planet’s axis off by 4 inches, and making the length of a day permanently shorter by 2 millionths of a second.
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Community Engagement and the Holly Theatre
The week before Christmas was a good one for the JPR Foundation’s historic Holly Theatre in Medford. On Tuesday morning, the press and interested bystanders watched as Hammonds Construction’s forklift removed the 1976 marquee to expose the building’s original 1930 entry façade.
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Fire Scars: The Story of a Ponderosa Pine
Trees write their own histories year by year, recording the wet and the dry winters, the heat and the cold, and the fires, especially the fires, in their living bodies. The study of tree rings and fire scars in southern Oregon has revealed a wealth of information about our forests, and has confirmed that frequent fire was almost universal throughout the Klamath-Siskiyou until the beginning of the twentieth century.
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